<p>I’m not worried about my situation, I just opened this thread to find an answer for this case and got it already: USC’s admission process is stupid. That’s it.</p>
<p>“You say that this person is “worse than you.” That is a terrible thing to say, and again, you have no idea if a person is “worse than you.””</p>
<p>Yeah, he’s worse than me if he has pretty lower test scores, grade averages and weaker essays/EC’s/recommendations than mine. And I said I had a chance to check out all of his essays/EC’s/recommendations via an academic advisor outside the school and it’s obvious that he can’t race with me. So yeah, he’s worse. Believe or not, I don’t care, it’s a fact.</p>
<p>And I don’t understand why are you attacking my attitude of putting USC to my pocket as an option. According to your idea, everyone must only apply to his target school and if gets denial then can’t go to college.</p>
<p>And also, I “deserve” an acceptance letter in this case. I applied to USC in more serious manner with much better scores and grades and other things than a kid, if the kid gets in, I must too.</p>
<p>cherrybrandy - maybe you should read the article I attached earlier, it’ll show you it is not always about your scores. I don’t think you really meant the other person is “worse” than you, I think you meant to say academically you are stronger, but the other person may have been a better fit or showed more passion for the school. US college process is not as number driven as other countries, but it doesn’t make it bad or wrong, it’s just a different approach.</p>
<p>I have read it but that emotional selection sounded kinda weird to me. And as I said before, I applied to all my schools in serious manner and showed as much as passion to each of them.</p>
<p>Don’t worry, CherryBrandy… Life will spit out everything for you, as a matter of fact I do not even understand why you want to go to college. Comon man! We are entitled to everything, screw those guys who realized that they did not need you!!!</p>
<p>Edit: Sorry for being a BIT abrasive, all in good time… You got into a better school, anyway.</p>
<p>Seriously, you need to get over this… In the end you got into a better school. If you really want to know why you got rejected and he was accepted, then email/call USC’s admissions office!! I’m sure you’re smart enough to figure out that USC rejected you for THEIR reasons and THEIR reasons ONLY. What’s to lose? They might have a new opinion of you or have something to back up their current opinion.</p>
<p>Grind this into your brain: CC DOES NOT KNOW WHY YOU WERE REJECTED, BUT USC DOES!!</p>
<p>@driscol: I have already said that I got my answer which sounds weird and crap for me, but this thread goes and goes on just because of some people enjoying to blame and scribble over me. I’m neither worrying nor angrying to this case, I just wondered on thing and got the answer and that’s it.</p>
<p>OP,
I think you have every right to feel the way you do. I have seen this result with USC at my kids’ school. Personally, I think it reflects negatively on USC’s readers and admissions office, that the results appear so random. Many applicants put so much time, money and effort into their applications, so when something like this happens, admissions offices owe them at least a brief, individual explanation. It wouldn’t hurt to ask, and it might lead them clean up their process for future applicants if they have to actually account for their decisions.</p>
<p>I live in a world where those who make no effort and ask no questions usually get what they deserve: nothing. This should not be news to you, based on your previous posts.</p>
<p>what program within USC did the other kid apply to? Admissions looks for different things when admitting students to a particular school. I applied to Annenberg for journalism and I got in with a low math score, but I higly doubt that really affected thier view of me because obviously it’s my other scores and writing ability that count.</p>
Good luck and congrats (I guess) to getting into wherever you got into?</p>